Melchior Ernst von Creytzen

Melchior Ernst von Creytzen , also Kreytzen (* May 20, 1627 , † April 19, 1692 in Königberg ) was a Brandenburg-Prussian lawyer and diplomat.

Life

Origin and family

Melchior Ernst von Creytzen was a member of the Prussian line Grand Peisten of the noble family von Creytzen . His parents were the Prussian heir to Kapsitten , Polkitten , Gertlack and Schreitlack , Georg von Creytzen (1601-1651) and Dorothea, née von Schlieben († 1653). In 1655 he married Elisabeth Luise von Lehndorff (1636–1711) with whom he had the sons Johann Albrecht († 1720), 1701 Prussian Count and Georg Ernst († 1737), captain of Tilsit and Sehesten († 1737).

Career

Creytzen was appointed Real Privy Councilor on June 19, 1677 and at the same time a Prussian court judge, district and tribunal councilor. Because of Brandenburg's lending transactions with Draheim , Lauenburg and Bütow , he was sent to the Polish court as an envoy . He was also president of the court and heir on Kapsitten.

literature

• Friedrich Ludwig Joseph Fischbach : Historical political, geographical, statistical and military contributions, concerning the Royal Prussian and neighboring states. 2nd part, 2nd volume. Johann Friedrich Unger, Berlin 1783, p. 511, no. 64.
• Christian August Ludwig Klaproth, Immanuel Karl Wilhelm Cosmar: The royal. Prussian and Churfürstl. Brandenburg Really Secret State Council on its bicentenary foundation day on January 5th, 1805. Berlin 1805, p. 367, no. 87.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Detlev Schwennicke : European family tables. New series , Volume XX: Brandenburg and Prussia 1 , Vittorio Klostermann, Frankfurt am Main 2002, Tfln. 109.